Where does “sotapolku” come from?

sotapolku (Finnish) comes from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic sota, from Proto-Uralic śoďa — war.

sotapolku (Finnish): warpath

Definitions

  1. warpath

Ancestry of “sotapolku”, step by step

sotapolku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar

via Finnish polku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolkupath, trail, track; path; treading, stomping
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic śoďa →Every word from Proto-Finnic sota →Every word from Finnish sota →